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let my words speak for me even as they betray me

let my words speak for me even as they betray me

Is it sad to see the people live in rubbish in Surat Thani? not as sad as to see the rubbish of ideas people live in in NZ Is it sad to see the oppression people live in in Al Riyadh? not as sad as to see the people choose

theory

Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality

Cinema Signifies a Change in the Fundamental Structure of Reality

Framing note The following article advances a post-cinematic theory of perception. It draws from Bergson and Deleuze, and from the associated milieux, in biology, technics and metaphysics respectively, of Raymond Ruyer, Gilbert Simondon and Spinoza, to provide its conceptual framework. The article assumes no specialist knowledge. Rather than critical, defensive

reading Bergson: after the advent of cinema, series 1

reading Bergson: after the advent of cinema, series 1

the painter of mental scenery

the painter of mental scenery

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema (to be contd.)

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema (to be contd.)

freedom, distraction, the interval & emotion

freedom, distraction, the interval & emotion

Minus workshop 7, part 1: naturalism / gesture

Minus workshop 7, part 1: naturalism / gesture

journal

เชียงใหม่, Chiang Mai

เชียงใหม่, Chiang Mai

Founded 1296, meaning New City, capital of Lanna Kingdom and largest city in Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai is surrounded by a moat, which remains and, unfortunately for us, afraid less of the water than what is in the water, a major player in Songkran. The four gates into the moated

กรุงเทพฯ, Krung Thep (City of Angels), Bangkok, 1 night in

กรุงเทพฯ, Krung Thep (City of Angels), Bangkok, 1 night in

Berlin Revisited

Berlin Revisited

Αθήνα

Αθήνα

Χανιά, Κρήτη

Χανιά, Κρήτη

Aya İrini, Kadıköy, Çiçek Pasajı

Aya İrini, Kadıköy, Çiçek Pasajı

İstanbul Modern: Semiha Berksoy

İstanbul Modern: Semiha Berksoy

poetry

Political Works

Political Works

bad weather I hear you are having bad weather while here it is cold but settled and Nameed tells me it is not unseasonal he tells me also he has a good manager unreasonal this is my neologism for places reason can go but it is not allowed Nameed is

moieties*

moieties*

A Piece of Fabric, Tell it to the birds & lying in long grass - for my parents

A Piece of Fabric, Tell it to the birds & lying in long grass - for my parents

enantiomorphosis: the messianic | Danaë, or resistance

enantiomorphosis: the messianic | Danaë, or resistance

a journey (2016)

a journey (2016)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

the pieces of ... soap

the pieces of ... soap

otherwriting

correspondence regarding "Cinema Signifies ..."

correspondence regarding "Cinema Signifies ..."

The following exchange took place by email between the 19 May 2026 and the 20 May 2026. I thank Aryan Kaganoff, to whom I am also grateful for publishing a small article in which the genesis of Cinema Signifies ... may also be detected, for allowing me to present it here.

progress is a bad optic and the failure of political imagination

progress is a bad optic and the failure of political imagination

simile.ai | perfection = the absolute noncontingency of contingency

simile.ai | perfection = the absolute noncontingency of contingency

contempt

contempt

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

art after genocide, part II

art after genocide, part II

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest